French Lesson False Friends is Chapter 74 in the free French Lessons for Business course. You can also get the audiobook to support your learning if you visit HERE which will allow you torapidly accllerate your learning, understanding and pronunciation of each of these lessons here on this website. Whther you are a french student A1, B1, C1 and so on, youll benefit greatly from hearing the audio in full spoken glory. Eric has got a charming dulcet tone, and a greta face for Radio, as the saying goes!
French Lesson False Friends
In these extra chapters we’ll see some new words, some new expressions, specific technical vocabulary that will prove very useful in a business context.
So, this chapter will show you the most common false friends, also called “false cognates”.
For example, “to assist” is not « assister ». « assister » is “to attend”.
e.g. “to attend a ceremony”: « assister à une cérémonie »; “to attend a concert”: « assister à un concert ».
“to assist” is « aider », e.g. “to assist someone” (as in “to help someone”): « aider quelqu’un ».
“actually” is not « actuellement ». « actuellement » is “currently”; and “actually” is « en fait » (like “in fact”).
This is a very common mistake among language learners.
« une location » is not “a location”. « une location » is “a rental”. “a location” is « un endroit ».
« passer un examen » is not “to pass an exam”. « passer un examen » is “to take an exam”.
“to pass an exam” is « réussir à un examen ».
“sensible” is not « sensible ». « sensible » is “sensitive”; and “sensible” is « judicieux ».
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